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| M J AlbertsSummaryAffiliation: Duke University Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Acute stroke teams: results of a national survey. National Acute Stroke Team GroupM J Alberts
Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Stroke 29:2318-20. 1998..Past studies have shown that many stroke patients do not receive acute care in an urgent and timely fashion. The formation of acute stroke teams (AST) is one approach that can be used to accelerate the delivery of acute stroke care...
Recommendations for the establishment of primary stroke centers. Brain Attack CoalitionM J Alberts
PO Box 3392, Bryan Research Bldg, Room 227E, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
JAMA 283:3102-9. 2000..To develop recommendations for the establishment and operation of primary stroke centers as an approach to improve the medical care of patients with stroke...
Stroke in patients with acute coronary syndromes: incidence and outcomes in the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa in unstable angina. Receptor suppression using integrilin therapy (PURSUIT) trial. The PURSUIT InvestigatorsK W Mahaffey
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA
Circulation 99:2371-7. 1999..The incidence of stroke in patients with acute coronary syndromes has not been clearly defined because few trials in this patient population have been large enough to provide stable estimates of stroke rates...
Suppression of recurrent transient ischemic attacks by a statin agentM J Alberts
Stroke Acute Care Unit, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Neurology 56:531-2. 2001..A variety of non-lipid-lowering mechanisms may account for this beneficial effect. This initial observation, if confirmed by further study, may suggest a role for statin agents in preventing recurrent TIAs...
Use of exponential diffusion imaging to determine the age of ischemic infarctsS T Engelter
Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
J Neuroimaging 11:141-7. 2001..This feature would be expected to be helpful when the distinction between acute and nonacute infarction cannot be determined on clinical grounds...
Familial clustering of intracerebral hemorrhage: a prospective study in North CarolinaM J Alberts
Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Neuroepidemiology 21:18-21. 2002..Comparisons between FH+ and FH- probands demonstrated no significant differences in race, age, sex, ICH type or location. An underlying genetic etiology may account for familial clustering in some ICH patients...
